more aggressively, can—through increased auction revenue—increase its profit, while disadvantaging downstream competitors …

decisions on competition and welfare. Our analysis shows that the incentives for vertical integration crucially depend on …

This paper shows that dominant firms may wish to encourage competition in vertically-related markets. It shows that …

This paper analyses the impact of competition among downstream firms on an upstream firm's payoff and on its incentive … to vertically integrate when firms on both segments negotiate optimal contracts. We argue that tougher competition … decreases the downstream industry profit, but improves the upstream firm's negotiation position. In particular, the upstream …

provides a framework for our analysis. Returns-to-scale and the intensity of competition are key to understanding the impact of …

This paper reverses the standard order between input supply negotiations and downstream competition and assumes that … competition for orders takes place prior to procurement of inputs in a vertical chain. In an environment where procurement …

competition. We also find that outsourcing increases when plants face simultaneous increases in product quality and product prices … and that it decreases when plants face simultaneous increases in market share and market competition. Finally, we find …

This paper analyses the impact of competition among downstream firms on an upstream firm's payoff and on its incentive … to vertically integrate when firms on both segments negotiate optimal contracts. We argue that tougher competition … decreases the downstream industry profit, but improves the upstream firm's negotiation position. In particular, the upstream …